Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by Arista

CVE-2021-28499

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Metamako Operating System from Arista. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Arista's MOS (Metamako Operating System) software which is supported on the 7130 product line, user account passwords set in clear text could leak to users without any password. This issue affects: Arista Metamako Operating System MOS-0.18 and post releases in the MOS-0.1x train All releases in the MOS-0.2x train MOS-0.31.1 and prior releases in the MOS-0.3x train

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Arista Metamako Operating System MOS-0.18 – before MOS-0.18*MOS-0.32.0 – before MOS-0.32.0

Weakness: CWE-255 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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